Introduction

18 December 1970 : Creation of Airbus after a consortium of aerospace firms

French company located in Blagnac (nearby Toulouse)

The European answer to Boeing (already well settled in the US)

1972 : Creation of their first plane, the A300

Today

70,000 employess worldwide (Europe, Japan, India, USA, etc.)

Turnover of €64 billion

Over 100,000 commands of plane since 1970

Making the best Airplanes in the world

Company practises

Airbus’ Vision and Mission

“Airbus’ mission is to meet the needs of airlines and operators by producing the most modern and comprehensive aircraft family on the market, complemented by the highest standard of product support” (Airbus, 2016).

Airbus’ vision is to “strive to initiate the breakthrough developments that will lead to the aircraft of tomorrow” (Airbus, 2016).

“The Airbus way”

“The Airbus way”

Deliver customer value

Develop oneself and others

Drive improvement and innovation

Practice teamwork

Diverse Company Culture

Stakeholders

A person that has interest in an organization

Not all are equal

In the airbus group, there are many stakeholders.

Customers

Airbus’ strategy in terms of production of product or service.

“No. 1 helicopter company in the world, the European leader in space business and second in Europe in the defence sector ''.

Places the innovation at the heart of it's growth

Airbus is present in different strategic areas

Production process totally under control

Sophia Antipolis

Easy access to

Customers

Fit to the needs

Providers

Making better products

Competitors

At the heart of competition

Research and development partners and Startups

Enabling creativity and innovation

"European" team spirit that places creativity at the center of reflections

Corporate Social Responsibility

• CSR= continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the as well as of the local community and the society

• Airbus has a guide of CSR with six commitments: commitment to our people, commitment to our company, commitment to building trust, commitment to conducting ethical business, commitment to corporate citizenship, commitment to be responsive

• Also very implied in ethic : huge department dedicated only for ethic political